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A table at the end of this report will give the total amount spent on each street this past year, itemizing the account into different kinds of work. Also the miscellaneous expenditures, the total of which shows the distribution of the Highway appropriation for the year.
Other work was performed, of less importance, such as hauling coal to Pumping Station and Municipal Buildings; the repairs of the High- way Department's equipment by the force; bushing out the side lines of out-lying streets, etc.
In accordance with an understanding which was expressed at the March town meeting, the Board of Public Works advertised in the Reading Chronicle that the Highway Department would construct side- walks during the latter part of the year; half the cost to be paid by the abutters. One application was received. The Board realizing that cer- tain repairs on sidewalks about town were necessary, let this work out by contract since the Highway Department at that time had not com- pleted their working schedule.
The contract was awarded to C. L. Hoffman, he being the lowest bidder. Fourteen hundred and sixty square yards were laid in different sections about town.
The study for the development of a surface water drainage system for the town has been completed and a very comprehensive report ac-
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companied with plans showing present and future developments along these lines are now in the possession of the Board of Public Works. The plans consist of a general plan showing present drains, water courses and swamp areas; another showing the proposed drainage sys- tem; and forty-eight plans giving the data relating to the present and proposed system of drains, culverts and brooks, the profiles and cross sections, details of catch basins and inlets, and typical layout at street intersections, etc., for the entire future development. The future con- struction on drainage work can now be directed towards an ultimate aim and the Superintendent earnestly hopes that the board may see their way clear to begin this construction this coming year.
The Town needs this system for sanitary purposes and for the development of our Highways. There is no need to go into reasons for sanitation, but for the latter, (road foundations), the evil effects of capillary moisture, particularly during the period of time when frost is coming out of the ground (which is at that period when our streets get the greatest damage) explains the seemingly uncalled for heaving of some road foundations, due to lack of drainage. The rapidity with which capillary action takes place makes it imperative that all free water be removed as soon as possible, especially from all heavy subgraded soils subject to considerable foundation pressure. At least one-half of the serious damage caused by the heavy truck traffic may be rightfully at- tributed to defective drainage.
Furthermore, the heaving or expansive action of frozen moisture or water in the soil, even though it causes no direct harm, wedges the soil particals apart, and on thawing, the soil not only has no bearing power, but is extremely porous and open, ready to take up additional moisture. It is for this reason that a number of successive thaws and freezes are so destructive. Each succeeding freeze leaves the soil more porous and ready to take up additional water usually abundantly supplied by the next thaw. To eliminate this so far as it is possible, artificial drainage must be installed and until it is, conditions will be increasingly un- satisfactory.
The program for road dragging, oiling, applying tarvia and per- manent construction of Highways, should be carefully laid out for the coming year, along the lines pursued during the past three years, the good results of which are now becoming apparent.
We have now in town several different styles of guide posts. About five percent of these are in good condition, and others are at least readable. A standard post set in concrete at all street intersections should be erected with proper signs placed thereon, whenever such an expenditure seems warranted in view of other pressing needs.
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TABLE SHOWING AMOUNT EXPENDED ON STREETS FROM JANUARY 1ST, 1923, UNTIL DECEMBER 31, 1923
Construction
Maintenance
Gutters
Catch Basins
Patching
Drains
Snow and Ice
Special Drain-
age Account
Repairs to
Equipment
Sidewalks
Clearing Brush
Total
Arlington
$35.35 559.40
$5.88 9.05
$5.32
$2.29
576.06
Avon
119.87
119.87
Bancroft Ave.
764.17
764.17
Bay State Road
101.76
101.76
Beacon
Beech
Belmont
59.45
6.61 11.11
$16.38
82.44
Berkeley
190.83
201.94
Boyce
Brook
Center Ave. Charles
676.10
6.74
57.74
740.58
Chute
230.47
2.12
232.59
Copeland Ave.
84.38
2.29
6.91
93.58
Cross
Curtis
$25.40
25.40
Deering
301.11
301.11
Dudley
250.80
3.18
253.98
Eaton
89.83
12.31
922.90
1025.04
Echo Ave.
Elliott
35.09
19.11
10.72
64.92
Ellis Ave.
Elm
41.91
41.91
Fairview Ave.
104.90
104.90
Ash
$41.23
Auburn
Federal Forest Franklin Fremont Fulton
332.20
25.73
357.93
932.88
932.88
80.29
80.29
15.95
15.95
Gould
129.60
27.41
157.01
Grand
418.55
418.55
Grant
2.12
516.61
Grove
432.25
6.62
48.29
487.16
Hancock
128.80
128.80
Hanscom Ave.
234.70
14.96
233.97
Harriman Ave.
62.40
5.84
Harrison
Hartshorn
50.35
9.75
12.74
20.53
44.25
137.62
Haverhill High
2.86
20.65
8.93
44.64
13.43
90.51
Highland Road
84.09
46.90
130.99
Hill Crest Road
56.75
31.10
87.85
Hopkins
161.76
161.76
Howard
244.38
1.50
21.47
188.61
King
147.24
33.46
2.12
182.82
Kingston
199.36
6.25
205.61
Lake View Ave
Lewis
Lincoln
165.67
.57
3.18
169.42
Linden
223.11
7.76
230.87
Locust
3871.26
1.06
3213.41
7085.73
Main St. North
29.83
3.19
235.59
268.61
Main St. South
15.71
9.60
25.31
Manning
62.22
6.63
11.15
80.00
Green
502.49
12.00
234.70
Harnden
219.01
68.24
Haven
1522.54
36.02
1558.56
Highland St.
245.88
John
147.41
16.87
2.86
Lowell
TABLE SHOWING AMOUNT EXPENDED ON STREETS FROM JANUARY 1ST, 1923, UNTIL DECEMBER 31, 1923
Construction
Maintenance
Gutters
Catch Basins
Patching
Drains
Snow and Ice
Special Drain-
age Account
Repairs to
Equipment
Sidewalks
Clearing Brush
Total
Maple
Middle
67.07
2.19
10.61
79.87
Middlesex Ave.
403.62
1.08
404.70
Mill
169.50
4.66
2.68
183.34
Mineral Minot
210.23
1.76
16.48
228.47
Morgan Park
238.44
4.96
1.06
244.46
Oak
367.46
367.46
Ordway Terrace
25.73
4.26
29.99
Parker
29.00
29.00
Park Ave.
Pearl
289.91
29.78
2.12
321.81
Percy Ave.
Perkins Ave.
86.11
2.29
88.40
Pierce
67.53
3.31
30.91
101.75
Pine St.
Pine Ave.
Pleasant
269.26
5.54
11.68
330.00
79.61
696.09
Pratt
348.57
5.83
354.40
Prescott
790.77
13.49
3.00
3.44
810.70
Prospect
359.22
2.33
361.55
Reading Square
Ridge Road
Salem
88.54
8.98
35.38
78.63
211.53
169.50
176.00
Mt. Vernon
Orange
Sanborn School Scotland Rd. Shackford Rd. Short South
238.65
11.02
2.14
21.99
124.53
353.35
7.57
130.43
Spring
56.73
4.99
Square
225.74
4.67
Summer Ave.
1215.11
27.42
17.00
2,33
10.32
491.35 61.72 230.41 1272.18
Sweetser
19.76
21.88
Thorndike
Union
77.11
5.82
6.68
89.61
Vale Road
89.03
89.03
Vine
159.68
13.24
190.36
Wakefield
208.92
208.92
Walnut
34.26
17.77
96.10
Warren Ave.
2.16
4.78
72.75
79.69
Washington
471.20
7.61
29.30
508.11
Waverly Rd.
1552.88
13.05
1565.93
Willow Rd.
153.96
153.96
Willow St.
111.80
111.80
Winter
41.98
4.98
46.96
Winthrop Ave.
304.04
22.18
7.74
2.33
336.29
Woodbine
53.29
14.26
67.55
Woodward Ave.
Total
23,536.86 11,221.36
492.30 247.03
195.36
1677.53
1564.48 1091.85 2702.19
7474.56
1500.00
Total
$34,758.22
$739.33 $299.31
$1677.53
$5358.52
$7474.56
$1500.00 |
$4140.83
$4505.63
$258.51
29,956.92 19,078.77 11,676.75
General
4140.83
4000.82 504.81
258.51
$60,712.44
.
2.12
Temple
Village
1.06
16.38
44.07
-
West
Wilson
.
Woburn
103.95
Special
273.80 124.53
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WATER DEPARTMENT
To the Board fo Public Works:
Gentlemen: The following is the yearly report of the Water De- partment.
Office Maintenance:
Pay Roll
$ 1,206.08
Telephone
136.89
Office Supplies
326.59
Office Repairs
26.11
Office Improvements
204.00
Printing
146.17
Stamps
10.00
Petty Cash returned to Treasurer
100.00
Insurance
278.57
Miscellaneous
205.70
Less Receipts
$ 2,640.11 154.60
$ 2,485.51
Pumping Station Maintenance:
Pay Roll
$ 3,741.45
Coal
3,470.38
Oil, Waste and Packing
93.27
Phone
67.33
Light
6.86
Freight and Express
521.56
Improvements
300.73
Tools
100.83
Pumping Station Repairs
158.03
Boilers, Repairs
172.12
Pumps, Repairs
139.89
Miscellaneous
235.98
Overtime Pumping Station
297.65
$ 9,306.08
Less Miscellanous Receipts
203.55
$ 9,102.53
Maintenance of Filters:
Pay Roll
$ 2,024.93
Electric Power
565.24
Alumina
602.91
Lime
360.00
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Freight and Express
96.80
Repairs, Miscellaneous
162.85
$ 3,812.73
Maintenance of Meters:
Pay Roll
$ 1,189.97
Supplies
254.72
Repairs at Factory
43.15
Miscellaneous
20.61
Freight and Express
21.08
$ 1,529.53
Maintenance of Service Pipes:
Pay Roll
$ 670.22
Tools
39.48
Fittings
276.17
Miscellaneous (Labor)
66.48
Freight and Express
3.14
Less Miscellaneous Receipts
779.44
$ 276.05
Maintenance of Main Pipes:
Pay Roll
$ 13.18
Supplies
33.98
Freight and Express
1.90
$ 49.06
Hydrants:
Pay Roll
$ 478.42
New Hydrants
501.97
Tools
55.00
Fittings
785.09
Freight and Express
2.40
Miscellaneous
12.50
$
1,835.38
Air Compressor Maintenance:
Electric Power
$ 1,869.92
Automobile Truck Maintenance:
Pay Roll
$ 12.78
Registration
4.00
Oil and Gasoline
211.70
Repairs
279.52
$ 508.00
Shop Maintenance:
Pay Roll
$ 120.07
Municipal Light Board
4.51
Telephone
16.49
Repairs
159.58
Miscellaneous
13.84
$ 313.49
$ 1,055.49
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Main Pipe Construction :
Pay Roll
$ 144.31
Supplies
879.35
Freight and Express
.76
Miscellaneous (Labor)
355.59
$
1,380.01
Service Pipe Construction :
Pay Roll
$ 1,897.44
Freight and Express
37.17
Supplies
1,756.61
Tools
317.62
Miscellaneous
702.31
$ 4,711.15
Received for Pipes Laid
$ 1,243.36
$ 3,467.79
Drinking Fountains:
Repairs
$ 66.64
Meters Construction :
Meters
$ 980.71
Freight and Express
4.09
$ 984.80
Bonds:
Maturing Bonds Paid
$ 12,000.00
Bond Interest Paid
3,417.50
Summary of Receipts and Expenditures:
Receipts :
Caslı balance 1922
$
6,633.81
Rent of House and Sundries $ 203.55
Fines and Summons
54.60
Received from Town Treasurer
100.00
Service Pipe Maintenance
779.44
Service Pipe Construction
1,243.36
Meter Rates
32,730.91
Water for Drinking Fountains
100.00
Miscellaneous Receipts
59.89
41,331.75
$ 47,965.56
Expenditures:
Office Maintenance
$ 2,640.11
Pumping Station Maintenance
9,306.08
Filter Maintenance
3,812.73
Meter Maintenance
1,529.53
Service Pipe Maintenance
1,055.49
Main Pipe Maintenance
49.06
Bonds Matured
12,000.00
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Interest on Bonds
3,417.50
Air Compressor Maintenance
1,869.92
Automobile Maintenance
508.00
Shop Maintenance
313.49
Main Pipe Construction
1,380.01
Service Pipe Construction
4,711.15
Meter Construction
984.80
Hydrants
1,835.38
Drinking Fountains
66.64
Balance Cash on hand
$ 45,479.89 2,485.67
Cost of Plant:
Reported past years
$406,884.11
Expended in 1923
Hydrants $ 1,835.38
Service Pipe
4,711.15
Meters
984.80
Main Pipes
1,380.01
8,911.34
Total
$415,795.45
The interest for the year 1923 on serial bonds amounted to $3,417.50, as follows:
June 1st, 1923, $69,000. bonds for six months at 4% $1,380.00
June 1st, 1923, $20,000. bonds at six months at 41/2% 450.00
Dec. 1st, 1923, $58,000. bonds for six months at 4% 1,160.00
Dec. 1st, 1923, $19,000. bonds for six months at 41/2% 427.50
There were $11,000. in bonds at 4 per cent and a $1,000. bond at 41/2 per cent paid in 1923.
The interest for the year 1924 on serial bonds amounts to $2,932.50 as follows:
June 1st, 1924, $58,000. bonds for six months at 4% $1,160.00
June 1st, 1924, $19,000. bonds for six months at 41/2% 427.50
Dec. 1st, 1924, $47,000. bonds for six months at 4% 940.00
Dec. 1st, 1924, $18,000. bonds for six months at 41/2% 405.00
$ 2,932.50
There are $11,000. in bonds at 4 per cent and a $1,000. bond at 41/2% payable in 1924.
The Superintendent recommends that $6,240.00 be raised and ap- propriated for hydrant rental; that $100.00 be raised and appropriated for water and drinking fountains.
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REGISTRATION REPORT
Amount of bills (metered water) rendered in 1923
$ 32,365.72
Amount collected and paid Treasurer $32,276.17
Amount uncollected
82.20
Amount abated
7.35
$32,365.72
Amount of bills (metered water) of previous years uncollected
$ 588.13
Amount of bills of previous years abated and re- carged
221.99
$ 810.12
Amount collected and paid Treasurer $ 454.74
Amount uncollected
0.00
Amount abated
355.38
$
810.12
Amount of service pipe construction bills ren- dered in 1923 $ 1,246.42
48.78
Amount of bills of previous years uncollected . .. Amount of bills of previous years abated and re- charged
49.98
$ 1,345.18
Amount collected and paid Treasurer $ 1,243,36
Amount uncollected 101.82
$ 1,345.18
Amount of service pipe maintenance bills ren- dered in 1923 $ 680.51
26.40
Amount of bills of previous years uncollected . .. Amount of bills of previous years abated and re- charged
100.00
$ 806.91
Amount collected and paid Treasurer $ 779.44
Amount uncollected 27.47
$ 806.91
FINANCIAL STATISTICS
RECEIPTS
EXPENDITURES
Balance brought forward from 1922 .
$ 6,633.81
Water Works Maintenance':
From meter rates
$32,730.91
Total maintenance $21,051.05
Total from consumers
32,730.91
Interest on bonds 3,417.50
For fountains
100.00
Payment of bonds
12,000.00
For hydrants
6,060.00
Total from municipal departments ..
6,160.00 318.04
Service pipes
2,022.80
Extension of mains
$ 1,380,.01
Extension of services 4,711.50
Extension of meters
984.80
New supply hydrants
1,835.38
Total construction
$ 8,911.34
Balance
$ 2,485.67
Total
$ 47,865.56
Total
$ 47,865.56
$ 36,468.55
Rents, interest, etc.
Water Works Construction:
COMPARISON OF THIS YEAR'S TOTAL BILLS TO CONSUMERS WITH PAST YEARS
Paid
1923 $34,753.71
1922 $30,777.08
1921 $31,620.56
1920 $27,139.55
1919 $24,815.11 561.43 2,423.81
1918 $24,416.81 570.72
1917 $20,107.94
1916 $18,881.63 182.95
Abated
362.73
511.91
526.32
425.25
145.31
Unpaid
211.49
663.31
1,044.28
2,604,63
4,340.50
3,322.23
2,906.40
Charged
$35,327.93
$31,952.30
$33,201.16
$30,169.43
$27,800.35
$29,328.03
$23,575.48
$21,971.88
Per Cent of Above Comparisons
Paid
98
96
95
90
89
83
86
86
Abated
1.02
1.6
1.58
1.41
2.01
1.94
.62
84
Unpaid
.98
2.4
3.42
8.59
8.99
15.06
13.38
13.16
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
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KINDS AND SIZES OF METERS IN USE January 1, 1924
MAKE
& in.
& in.
1 in.
1} in.
13 in. 2 in.
Total
Pittsburg
1
1
1
Niagara .
1
1
2
Gem ·
5
5
Keystone
1
8
9
Union
4
2
1
3
10
King
11
11
17
1
18
Worthington
25
1
1
27
Columbia
30
30
Lambert
41
2
43
Gamon
....
..
64
Neptune.
81
81
Crown
74
2
2
2
7
87
Hersey
187
4
12
7
2
212
Empire.
264
3
267
970
11
11
5
2
999
Total .
1774
18
35
8
15
16
1866
YEARLY RECORD OF PUMPING SERVICE From Jan. 1, 1923, to Jan. 1, 1924
MONTH
No. Days
Hrs.
Min.
Gallons Pumped
Total Head
Pounds Coal
Gals. to Lbs Coal
Rain- fall
January
31
245
45
7,481,586
219
60,585
129
6.95
February
28
222
30
7,814,901
219
55,205
123
1.67
March
31
256
00
9,170,134
219
57,561
159
2.60
April .
30
245
30
9,142,220
219
52,294
175
5.17
May
31
266
15
9,031,450
219
53,384
169
1.56
June.
30
320
30
11,005,206
219
61,140
180
2.76
July
31
289
00
10.407,051
219
59,308
178
1.98
August
31
257
15
9,223,248
219
54,544
169
3.17
September
30
265
30
9,344,229
219
52,861
177
.82
October .
31
260
00
9,263,944
219
52,008
178
3.63
November.
30
252
15
9.066,683
219
52,211
174
4.13
December
31
268
30
9,636,453
219
54,444
177
4.83
%
Totals
365
3144
00
110,947,105
219
665,545
165
39.30
...
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SIZES
Thompson
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RAINFALL
The average rainfall for Massachusetts as deduced by the State De- partment of Health from long continued observation in vairous parts of the State is 44.59 inches.
As may be seen, by a table in this report showing the amount of rain- fall for the years 1900 to 1923 inclusive, the average rainfall at the Read- ing Pumping Station is 41.44 inches. The rainfall this past year was 39.30, being a deficiency of 5.29 inches compared with the State observa- tions, and a deficiency of 2.14 inches for the pumping station. There was an excess of rainfall in the months of January, April, October, November and December of 7.72 inches and a deficiency in the other months of 9.66 inches, comparing each month with an average rainfall between the years 1900-1923 inclusively.
The greatest rainfall in any one day was on November 24th-2.40 inches.
The elevation of the Reading Pumping Station is approximately 80 feet above sea level.
Month
Normal Rainfall
(Inches)
Rainfall
in 1923
(Inches)
Excess or
Deficiency in
1923
(Inches)
January
3.51
6.95
-1- 3.44
February
3.50
1.67
- 1.83
March
3.65
2.60
- 1.05
April
4.19
5.17
.98
May
3.13
1.56
- 1.57
June
3.65
2.79
.86
July
3.64
1.98
- · 1.66
August
3.22
3.17
- . 05
September
3.46
.82
- 2.64
October
2.73
3.63
+ 1.10
November
3.22
4.13
.91
December
3.54
4.83
-1- 1.29
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TABLE SHOWING THE AMOUNT OF RAIN AND MELTED SNOW FOR YEAR ENDING DEC. 31, 1923
Day of Month
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Day of Month
1
2 .. .
.79
.15
2
3. . . .
.02
.05
.01
.03
.65
.02
3
4 . . . .
T
.88
.10
4
5 .. . .
.69
.05
.08
T
2.10
5
6. . . .
.25
.62
.37
.02
.04
6
7 .. . .
.03
.18
1.18
.30
.01
.01
.04
.02
8
9. . .
.35
.07
.14
.06
T
.02
.9
10 ....
.04
.04
11 ... .
.40
.03
T
. .
.11
12 .. ..
.27
.65
.63
.43
.01
.02
12
13 ....
.12
.5.
.02
.14
.13
14 .. .
.02
.01
.17
.22
.14
15 ....
.47
T
.05
.12
.01
.15
16 ....
.01
.58
.02
ʼT
16
17 ....
.53
.01
.4
T
18
19 ....
.04
..
.21
19
.01
T
.05
.20
21 ... .
.49
.92
T
.35
.05
.T
21
22 ...
.02
.13
.01
.05
.65
.. 22
23 . . . .
.03
.11
.54
2.14
.48
.20
.28
24 ....
.18
.37
.06
.22
2.40
.10
.. 24
25 .. ..
T
.20
.93
T
.03
T
.25
26. . . .
.12
T
.05
.04
.26
27 ....
.03
.04
.11
.07
.25
.27
28 .. ..
.09
1.53
.89
.55
.54
.08
.47
.28
29.
1.03
.09
.42
.80
.13
.. 30
31 . . . .
...
Total
6.95
1.67
2.60
5.17
1.56
2.79
1.9g
3.17
.82
3.63
4.13
4.83
Tota
Tto D
6.95
8.62
11.22
16.39
17.95
20.74
22.72
25.89
26.71
30.34
34.47
39.30
Tto D
..
8. . . .
1.89
.08
.12
.58
10
.23
.07
.04
T
..
T
.17
18 ...
20 ....
.50
T
1.08
.03
.01
30 .. .
. ..
.01
.02
.31
.02
.29
:. 26
.12
1 ...
.47
T
. .
....
.23
.05
7
a
.03
RAIN FALL AT PUMPING STATION
1900-1923
Year
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May
June
July
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Total
1900
5.32
8.69
5.03
2.15
4.60
3.13
1.90
3.17
4.15
3.31
5.05
2.44
48.94
1901
1.33
1.08
5.88
9.59
7.21
1.74
4.65
2.66
3.59
2.76
3.06
8.10
51.65
1902
1.80
6.11
4.69
6.22
1.69
1.98
3.02
3.75
4.01
4.91
0.99
5.60
44.77
1903
3.84
3.16
6.38
4.95
0.48
8.91
3.40
3.42
2.29
3.69
1.33
2.59
44.44
1904
4.42
2.21
2.21
9.90
3.56
2.56
1.88
4.26
5.16
2.02
1.80
2.25
42.23
1905
5.44
1.47
2.92
2.59
1.39
6.11
1.19
3.30
7.87
1.20
2.22
3.72
39.42
1906
2.60
2.53
6.48
2.84
5.14
2.63
5.88
4.18
1.36
2.38
3.31
3.08
42.41
1907
3.97
2.10
2.40
3.21
2.89
3.80
3.58
1.33
7.90
3.36
6.83
3.60
44.97
1908
3.07
4.28
2.72
1.71
4.00
1.58
3.09
4.07
0.86
3.56
1.10
2.66
32.70
1909
4.17
5.33
3.57
3.95
1.97
2.14
3.59
2.75
3.74
1.23
4.06
3.60
40.10
1910
4.54
3.14
1.58
2.32
1.19
4.36
1.98
2.61
2.45
1.48
4.30
1.92
31.87
1911
2.25
2.94
3.12
1.89
0.67
3.43
4.79
3.80
2.94
2.91
4.14
3.57
36.45
1912
2.68
2.42
5.04
4.05
5.73
0.29
6.44
2.02
3.02
1.45
3.10
4.80
41.04
1913
2.48
2.64
4.51
3.76
3.45
0.93
1.68
3.48
3.66
7.56
2.13
3.24
39.52
1914
3.34
3.65
4.09
6.32
2.76
1.44
2.34
2.78
0.23
1.51
2.92
3.69
35.07
1915
5.52
3.54
0.00
2.72
1.68
4.60
8.76
6.66
0.70
2.80
2.93
5.47
45.38
1916
1.22
5.37
3.37
5.14
4.59
5.86
3.13
2.30
3.11
1.01
1.94
2.91
39.95
1917
2.92
2.41
4.18
2.90
4.00
4.78
1.19
3.70
1.46
5.75
1.39
2.65
37.33
1918
3.08
3.02
2.02
4.10
0.85
3.04
2.99
2.81
8.37
1.02
2.24
2.18
36.02
1919
3.24
3.61
4.01
2.46
5.44
0.88
3.22
3.83
5.65
2.63
6.20
1.53
42.70
1920
2.75
6.46
4.21
5.75
3.27
5.24
1.94
2.02
4.27
1.16
4.67
4.82
46.56
1921
2.09
3.43
2.43
5.48
1.86
4.02
9.79
1.96
1.74
1.57
6.50
2.28
13.15
1922
1.77
2.72
4.27
1.37
5.08
11.27
4.88
3.29
3.68
2.73
1.06
3.12
45.24
1923
6.95
1.67
2.60
5.17
1.56
2.79
1.98
3.17
82
3.53
4.13
4.83
39.30
Average 3.51
3.50
3.65
4.19
3.13
3.65
3.64
3.22
3.46
2.73
3.22
3.54
41.44
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COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS-STATE DEPT. OF HEALTH Water Analysis-(Parts in 100,000)
.
APPEARANCE
Residue on
Evaporation
Chlorine
Ni-
Ni- trates trites
Oxygen
Consumed
Hardness
Iron
Remarks
1922
166266 Sept. 20 Slight 166267 Sept. 20 Slight
Considerable None
Iron
10.70 .90| 00.00
.019 .003
034 .0146
.95 .76
.024 .014
.0000 .0000
2.6 12.0
.300 .240
Filter Gallery Filter Weir
167516 Nov. 16 Slight 167517 Nov. 16 Very slight
Considerable Iron None
.25 20.90
019 .003
0218 0106
1.14 .92
.016 .006
0000 .0000
10.8
.060
Filter Gallery Filter Weir
1923
168275 Jan. 23 Slight
Considerable None
Iron
10.00
.0186
.0182 .0108
1.09 .88
008
0000 0002
3.1
.260 .060
Filter Gallery Filter Weir
169123 Mch. 21 Slight
Considerable None
90
8.90
.0124
.0132
.79
.013
.0000
2.5
.170
169124 Mch. 21 Very slight
30
12.70
.0016
.0060
.75
.005
.0000
8.3
.060
Filter Gallery Filter Weir
169793 | May 14 Slight
Considerable None
.30 16.90
.0012
0078
. 63
.0003
8.0
.055
170922 July 16 Slight
Considerable None
.30
18.10
.0014
0084
. 76
.004
.0001
7.4
.074
Filter Gallery Filter Weir
172233 Sept. 17 Slight
Considerable None
. 75
8.10
.0116
.0120
92
008 .014
.0000 .0000
2.3
.172
Filter Weir Filter Gallery
172993 Oct. 23 Slight
Considerable None
.55
8.20 16.20
.0192
.0062
1.03 . 90
.010 .006
0000 .0001
2.5
.045
192994 Oct. 23 Very slight
.12
.0006
.0044
7.4
.035
Filter Gallery Filter Weir
No.
Date of Collec- tion
Turbidity
Sediment
Color
Free
Albu- mi- noid Total
NITROGEN AS
.
63
168276 Jan. 23 Very slight
.25 18.00
.0028
.0132
0190
. 63
.0000
2.2
.110
Filter Gallery Filter Weir
1.10
9.00
.0152
0230
. 97
.008
,0000
1.4
.240
170923 July 16 Very slight
172361 Sept. 20 Very slight
.66
7.50
.0108
.0106
.92
2.0
.046
169794 May 14 Very slight
1. 20
9.40
008 .004
005
7.9
.350
2.7
10.50
AMMONIA
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SUMMARY OF STATISTICS For the Year Ending December 31, 1923
Reading Water Department Reading, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
General Statistics
Population by census of 1920: 7424.
Date of construction: 1890 and 1891.
By whom owned: Town of Reading.
Source of supply : Filter gallery and artesian wells.
Mode of supply: (Whether gravity or pumping) : Pumping.
Pumping Statistics
Builders of Pumping Machinery: Sullivan Machinery Co .; George F. Blake Manufacturing Co .; and Platt Iron Works.
Description of fuel used :
a. Kind: Coal.
b. Brand of coal: New River.
,
c. Average price of coal per net ton delivered : $9.78.
d. Percentage of ash:
e. Wood, price per cord : $
(3) Coal consumed for the year : 665,545 pounds.
(6) Total pumpage for the year: 110,947,105 gallons, with allow- ance for slip. Average static head against which pump work: 219.
Average dynamic head against which pumps work. 240.
Number of gallons pumped per pound of equivalent coal (5) 166.70.
gallons pumped x 8.34 (1bs.) x 100 x dynamic head (240)
Duty equals : Total fuel consumed.
equals 33, 366,898 including heating.
Cost of Pumping, figured on Pumping Station Expenses including filtration, viz: $14,780.22.
Per million gallons pumped : 133.22.
Per million gallons raised one foot (dynamic) : 56.
DISPOSITION OF BALANCE-Carried to New Account
Net cost of works to date $415,795.45 Bonded Debt at date 77,000.00
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Statistics of Consumption of Water
Estimated total at date 7600
Estimated population on lines of pipe 7500
Estimated population supplied 7400
Total consumption for the year: 110,947,105 gallons.
Average daily consumption : 303,933 gallons.
Gallons per day to each inhabitant: 3,999 gallons.
Gallons per day to each consumer: 41.07 gallons.
Cost of supplying water, per million gallons figured on total mainte- nance of Pumping Station and Filter: $135.03.
Total cost of supplying water, per million gallons, figured on total maintenance, plus interest on bonds : $329.00.
Statistics Relating to Distribution System Mains
Kind of Pipe: Cast iron.
Sizes : From 6 inces to 12 inches.
Extended : 376 feet during year.
Discontinued : 0 feet during year.
Total now in use : 33.46 miles.
Cost of repair per mile: $0.00.
Length of pipe less than 4 inches in diameter: 0 miles.
Number of hydrants (public and private) now in use: 208.
Number of stop gates added during the year: 0.
Number of stop gates now in use: 310.
Number of stop gates smaller than 4 inch: 0.
Number of blow-offs: 14.
Range of pressure on mains: 45 lbs. to 90 lbs.
Kind of pipe: Cast iron, galvanized iron, lead and cement lined. Sizes: 34 to 6 inches.
Extended: 3348.6 feet.
Discontinued : 0 feet.
Total now in use: 28.223 miles.
Number of service taps added during year: 57. Number now in use: 1916.
Average length of service, 1923: 58.74 feet.
Average cost of service, 1923: $82.65.
Number of meters added: 65. Number now in use: 1856.
Percentage of service metered: 98. Number of motors and elevators added: 0. Number now in use: 0.
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WATER DEPARTMENT
Following is the principal work performed other than the regular repairs, together with recommendations for the ensuing year :
Pumping Station
A new concrete tank for the lower lime house, with a working plat- form and stairs, and a new bearing support for the mixer have been in- stalled. The walls and floors to the main pump room, the laboratory walls inside and out, and the storehouse and a storehouse roof have been paint- ed. Necessary repairs to the front porch and to the heater to the station house have been made, the former having badly rotted away, and the latter rusted in many places.
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